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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The Romance of a Forgotten Village is the title
of story Of love in an old New Jersey village
with whichlBessie Chandler opens the Brook
Ign Magazine for January-a number which is re-
plete with the most entertaining array of bright
and readable articles and poems. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox sings of The Mother-in-Law in pleasing
metre, which S. E. Archer follows with highly
interesting paper on Some Famous Unequal Mar
riages. Laura c. Holloway has a gossipy descrip-
tion of Miss Cleveland's home-life at Holland Pa
tent that will be widely read as giving an inside
glimpse of the home Of the Presidents sister. A
sparkling series of Stories and Memories of
Washington is begun by Mr.. Seaton Donoho. A
Midnight Lecture gives Rev. I. De Witt Tai
mage opportunity to tell characteristic story Of
how he delivered discourse at midnight.
The frontispiece of the New Years Wide
Awake. The Pigeon-Tower of Grandval, will at
once attract readers to the very interesting arti-
Gle by the artist, Mr.. Aenry Bacon, entitled The
Doves Of the French Revolution, most quaint
contribution to historical knowledge. A charm
ing feature is the ong Christmas story by Sarah
Orne Jewett, The Christmas Guest, and notable
feature is the second paper of the Longfellow lit
erature-An Old House, in which is described by
Miss Harriet L. Bradley of this city the old Long
fellow home, and is fully illustrated by drawings
and photographs. A choice piece of biographical
work is Mrs. Bottoms article in her Successful
Women series about Miss Mary L. Booth, the edi-
tor of Harper's Bazaar. Mrs. Jessie Benton FIRE.
mont, In Taf1y and Buster, III. describes an enter
talnment by children TO raise money for the caro-
Of wounded soldiers in the time of the Civil War
Mrs. Davis, in her series In War Times at La
Rose Blanche, chronicles the devotion Of a little
colored boy to his master, under the title, The
Cunels Nally-another chapter of the Civil War
La Fairy Folk All, Miss Quincy writes about Fairy
Monarchs. Mrs. Spofford's series, Ballads of
Authors. is represented by Samuel johnson in
Uttoxeter Market The serials are excellent.
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The Michigan Senatorship.

The defeat of Senator Conger is for several
reasons to be regretted though his successor
is sterling Republican. Mr.. Conger
has been public life thirty-two years. As
member of the House Of Representatives
he won much distinction for his readiness and
force in debate, and proved himself very
capable legislator. He was elected to the
Senate in 1881 and though his service in that
body has not been so conspicuous as in the
House he was still an able and influential
Senator. He was defeated for denomination
purely on the ground of locality, the ques-
ton of fitness not entering into the contest
at all. For thirty years every Senator from
Michigan withlthe exception of Senator Fer
ry, has come from the Eastern or Southern
part of the State. This year the West de-
handed recognition and the demand was ac-
ceded to. Mr.. Frank b. Stockbridge, who
gets the nomination, is a native of Bath, in
this State, but the most of his long life (he
is now sixty years of age) has been spent in
the West He moved to Michigan in 1850
and has been citizen of that State ever
since. He is one OF the most distinguished
business men in the State, and is engaged
very extensively in numbering. He has seen
very little of public life, one term in each of
the branches of the State Legislature con-
shutting it all. President Grant appointed
him minister to The Hague, but he was COM
PEELED to decline on account of the i'll health
of his wife. He is very popular man, and
no doubt in the distinguished place to
which he has been nominated will reflect
honor upon his State. He has always been
a strong and uncompromising Republican,
and has done much for his party's success.
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pisagreeIne Thermometers.

1t will not make the cold of this bitter
winter any more tolerable to know that the
thermometers are often wrong; but 1t may
throw doubt over the stories of astonishing
GOODNESS in some localities. In most house.
holds the thermometer stands next to the
dictionary as an authority which cannot be
disputed. But on the morning of January
4th something happened in Waterville that
called attention to the thermometers. Seven
thermometers that had been out all night
told stories that cold morning in which there
were discrepancies Of 13o. BY one it was 23o
below, by another 360; two agreed that it
was 300 below; two more that it was 29o
below and the seventh declared that 800
measured exactly the need of mittens and
ear muffs. Difference in locality makes
difference In temperature, even in the same
yard; but these differences were SO great as
to set the citizens to thinking, and fourteen
very reputable Wateryille thermometers
were given over to Professor Rogers of the
College, who has standard thermometer of
great exactness-one that has varied but
three-tenths of degree in comparisons with
1000 other instruments, including the stand
ard at Yale College, at the Boston Institute
of Technology, and at the international
Bureau of Weights and Measures at Paris.
Professor Rogers made comparisons for each
instrument at six grades of temperature or
81 comparisons in all, and in but four of
these were the readings of the Waterville
thermometers found, to be correct. In the
other eighty comparisons there were varia-
tions, generally from one-tenth of degree
to nearly four degrees, while one very bad
instrument was eleven degrees out of the
way. 1t won't do to swear by the cheap
thermometer
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CURRENT COMMENT.
REWARD FOR POLITICAL WORK.
RoQfon Glnha

hhWAhO fOh fOLlIlCAL WORh.
Boston Globe.
Mr.. Beeeher's son is to be appointed to an
other Office, with which the Senate has
nothing to do. That's right. Rev. Henry
Ward did first rate work for Mr.. Cleveland
two years ago, and deserves recognition.
GOV. ROBES ADMINISTRATION.
Boston Journal.
Hon. Frederick Robbie has Yielded the
gubernatOrial office he has so ably filled for
four years to the Hon. j. r. Bodwell, and
the cares of State are now borne by man
whose education has been secured in the
school of q practical business life. The in
terests of the State will not suffer by the
change, and from the recommendations made
Ia Mr.. Bodwells inaugural address we may
believe that so far as he can he will endeavor
to tighten the public burdens by reduction
of taxes and by careful administration of
the interests intrusted to his care. Governor
Robe, who now retircs to private life, has
had a long and honorable career, having
served his State in both branches OF the
Legislature and in the Executive Council
during the unquiet days Of 1SS0-82. from
which position be was called to the guberna-
torial chair, and as the standard bearer of
his party brought the State of Maine back
again into the Republican column. During
the four years of his administration the in
terests of the State have been carefully pro-
tected, and the years have been prosperous
ones. The State debt has been reduced about
three-fourths of million dollars and the
various State institutions have had liberal
appropriations for their improvement. His
administration has been conservative and
Judiclous, and future events will prove the
general wisdom OF his course upon all ques-
tons affecting the material and moral well
fare of the State.
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The fame of the labor troubles in the shoe
factories has put the names of Brockton.
and Skowhegan on thousands of lips during
the last year. Yet in Auburn il has been
year Of unexampled prosperity for the shoe
business. Nearly 1900 cases have been
shipped, against from eighty to ninety thou
sand shipped on each of the previous years
since 1882. A million dollars I capital has
been used to produce alproduct valued at
three millions; and in making this product
there have been employed fifteen hundred
men and women, who have earned half
million dollars. Two-thirds of the manufac-
tdring Of Auburn is done by these shoe fac
tories; on their success and freedom from
harassing troubles depends much of the
prosperity Of the city and country around
The manufacturers and operatives both are
under heavy bonds to keep the peace. and
they seem to realize it,
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The beauties of free trade so long as there
is another country that can import goods
cheaper than they can be produced at home
is illustrated in New South Wales, the Aus
tralian colony, somewhat famous as a cele-
brated free trade colony. The ports have
been open to the commerce of all nations.
save for the small hindrance of a revenue
tariff, and foreigners have supplied consu-
mers to an enormous extent with goods ca
pable of manufacture by local labor. The
result, as summed up by apaper published in
Sidney, is: "0nly one means of relief is
available. Open ports have driven producers
from those trades which cannot be profitably
worked in the face of foreign competition,
and huge government expenditure has pro-
vided employment for the same men or some
of them in work which is not reproductive.
Protection now must aid in establishing
these men in wealth-producing labor in the
field or the factory"
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

ABOUT MONEY AND OTHER THINGS A Gift
Book. By the author of John Halifax, Gentle
man. Cloth, 234 PIP. New York: Harper &
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short Harmony
MIRAGE OF PROMISE. By Harriet Penna-
well Belt, author of Marjorie Huntingdon, sc.
Cloth, 354 PIP. $l.25. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-
colt; Portland Loring, Short & Harmony
MONTE Rosa, the Epic of an Alp. BY Star
Hoyt Nichols Second edition, much revised.
Cloth, illustrated, 126 PIP. New York Bedford,
Clarke & Co.; From the Publishers.)
THE WITcHING TIME. Tales for the New
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Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES of Great Britain and
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solemn duty to execute law by observing law ia n
potent indication of no common evil.
1t was undoubtedly right and proper be-
fore ordering out the militia for Gov. Oglesby
to wait and see if the civil authorities could
not enforce the law. The trouble was that
long after it had been demonstrated to the
satisfaction of everybody that they could
not he continued to wait. Yet that the mill
tia were necessary he himself finally confess
ed by the act of ordering them out His de-
lay may have been dIfeto bad judgment or to
timidity,-but whatever the cause it was
blunder which cost the State dearly in dol
lars and cents and him dearly in reputation
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BIIsCELLANEOUs.
EASTMAN BROS. & BANCROFT.
REDUCTION SALES.

Having taken annual account of stock SHALL order to
reduce and close out odd lots series of REDUCTION
SALES be continued during the present month Every depart
men in store will be represented in these sales We also
buying JOB LOTS of goods wherever find them UNDER
PRICE, and these will also be offered at reduction We
promise customers RARE OPPORTUNITY bargains
Our FIRST REDUCTION SALE will begin in the DOMESTIC
DEPARTMENT. where offer to-day:
5000 yards Best Quality Standard Prints at 12c yard These
are all in medium light shades but guarantee them to be
the BEST QUALITY OF CENT PRINTS.
1000 yards Best Furniture Cretoes, 30 in wide former price
15c, reduced to 1Oc
1000 yards Heavy Brown Cotton Flannel 80 in wide former
price 15c reduced to 1Oc.
1900 yards Best Dress Gngams former 1Oc reducedtO
600 yards Heavy Gray SHIFTING Flannel former price 2Oc
duced to 16c
REDUCTION SALES in other departments will be advertised in
la few days.
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Catarrhal Dangers.

To be freed from the dangers of suffocation
While lying down; to breath freely, sleep soundly
and undisturbed; to rise refreshed, head clear,
brain active and free from pain or ache; to know
that no poisonous, putrid matter defiles the
breath and rots away the delicate machinery of
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does not, through its veins and arteries, suck up
the poison that is sure to undermine and destroy,
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Gov Oglesbly of Illinois, devoted para
graph in his address to the legislature to a
defence Of himself against the charge Of
hardness in calling out the troops to suppress
the rioting at East st. Louis. He says:
''ORrs is a Republican form OF government
Such government. II it is expected that the spir-
it which created and annates IL shall endure,
must ever instll into the hearts of the people sa-
cred reverence for peaceabe methods and an in
terna reliance upon the devotion Of the people to
free institutions. The less such people shall re-
ly upon armies and militia TO preserve order and
execute law the longer may we hope our institu-
lions will stand. The many signs of the willing
ingness Of a portion OF our people, especially of
incorporated wealth, TO impatently demand the
use OF the militia In all cases of threatened or
real violence, without an effort to secure the pro-
lection of the law through the civil forms and pro-
cedure provided by law, Is an unpleasant augllry.
and one TO be constantly watched by the ardent
friends Of constitutional liberty. And the fact
that such incorporated wealth can command a
part Of the press OF our country TO malgn, mis-
represent and aim TO intimidate any who feel 1t a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10

The power of the Imagination was shown
in the case OF Winslow man who. while
chopping wood in the woods the other day, cut
aibig cash in his boot Thinking he had cut
cash in his foot also, he sat down and shout
ed for help. Assistance came, and the man,
who was not able to walk, twas placed on a
sled and hauledl home. When he got there
his boot and stocking were cut from his foot,
when it was found that the foot was not cut
enough to draw blood. Christian scientists
have had great success in treating cases of
this kind.
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The Argus appears to be under the inn
preston that the Republican party is in ia
vor of taxing the people to raise money that
is not needed. The Argus is reminded that
the last Republican National convention
adopted this resolution:
The Republican party'pledges Itself to. correct
the inequalities of the tariff and to reduce the
surplus, not by the vicious aud indiscriminate
process of horizontal reduction, but by such
methods as will relieve the taxpayers without
injuring the laborer or the great productive inter-
ests Of the country.
The Democratic party also pledged itself
to reduce the surplus. The people by plac-
ing the Democrats in control of the branch
Of Congress that originates revenue bills en-
trusted the work to that party. They
have neglected to perform it and now they
are seeking to throw the responsibility for
their failure upon the Republicans. Yet
they have majority of forty in the House.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10

The PRESSES opinion that the Hon. John
w. Deering was preparing to run for Mayor.
gets confirmation from the Portland CORES
pondence of the Boston Globe, which an
nounces not only that he is candidate, but
also that he Is ahead
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10

The Jacksonian banquets this year seem
to have been rather tame affairs. The most
distinguished Democrats were conspicuous
by their absence, though great many Of
them were invited. Had Senator Thurman
not fallen from his chair at the Ohio banquet
the day would have slipped by without the
country's rememberingit. 1t must not be in
ferred, however, from this lukewarmness,
that the Democrats have grown to be such
earnest civil service reformers that they have
ceased to revere the memory of the great
spokesman. The fact is that Mr.. Cleveland
has been handling the offices SO satisfactorily
since he became candidate for second
tenn that 1t was deemed unnecessary to re-
lind him how the machine was run in jack
aon's dav
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10

Signs of the gradual disintegration of the
Knights of Labor continue to multiply. The
Boston bricklayers have all Withdrawn from
the order, having come to the conclusion
that they can accomplish much more in a
union confined to their trade
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10

A Connecticut court has decided that
''blacklisting" is illegal and has just fined
two men who have been found guilty of en-
gaging in it. Blacklisting is the employers
form of boycotting. Its purpose is to pre-
vent the sale of the workingman's labor in
the market, just as the purpose OF the boy
colt is to prevent the sale of the capitalists
goods and merchandise. In principle the
two things are precisely alike. What both
of them undertake to do is to compel sub
mission by threatening starvation. Black
listing is the meaner of the two, because the
iaboring man has generally less power of re-
sistance than the capitalist, and in his case
the threat can be brought more nearly to
realization. Both of them are immoral and
both ought to be banished from civilized
community.
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THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. 10.

We do not read anonymous letters and commun
cations. The name and address Of the writer are
Ia all cases indispensable, net necessarily for pub
LEGATION but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve
COMMUNICATIONS that are not used.
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Our Free Surgical Hospital for Women located
on Huntington avenue, above Westchester Park,
contains fifty (50) beds.
Our Free Surgical Hospital for Women, located
on Gainsborough street, corner of Huntington
avenue. contains 80 beds. Each hospital In
charge OF separate staff Of responsible surgeons.
Our Free Home for Homeless Boys contains 40
beds, and Is located at IL to 81 Causeway street.
Many Of these boys suffer from Ser0fula, Eczema
and other skin diseases, which yield quickly by
the use Of our Liquid Food
From the fact that no two beeves or sheep are
alike Is the reason of our different brands being
different in flavor
All brands are made by the same formula. The
letter represents the day of make, and the figure.
the tank.
II richer, ii Is stronger In smell and flavor, and
will bear created reduction. It cannot be re-
dueed so low but it win be superior to all other
preparations in treating chronic cases.
II you cannot obtain MurdOck's LIQUID Food
from your druggist, we deliver, free OF express,
IL OF. for S10O.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-10

Mr.. John J. Clancy, who is the very indus
trious London correspondent for several
American Sunday newspapers thinks that
Lord Salisbury will find it impossible to re-
construct his cabinet and that the dissolu-
ton of parliament and an appeal to the coun-
try are close at hand. We are bound to say
however that Mr.. Clancy's predictions have
generally been distinguished for their non
fuifllment. In his case the wish is fire.
quently the only father the thought has.
With him home rule has been just ON the
eve of realization for some years past. New
ertheless it has not yet come and we are
sorry to say that it doesn't appear likely to
come right away
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STATE OF MAINE. CUMBERLAND, SIS
:, 1, W: w. Thomas, President Of 1.-THE Canal Ma
tional Bank Of Portland do solemnly swear that
me above statement Is true TO the best of my
knowledge and belief. w. w. THOMAS, Prest.
sworn and subscribed to before me this 7th day
OF January, 1887. &C. PETERS, Notary Public.
Correet-Attest:
f. II. BARRETT Directors.
JanSd3t JOHN N. LORD,
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STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, SIS.
1, Chas. Pays0n, Cashier of the above named
rank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
CHAS. PAYSON, Cashier.
subscribed and sworn TO before me this 7th day
OF January, 1887. CHAS. o. BANCROFT,
Notary Public.
Commentaries:
JACOB MCCLELLAN, J
j. 7. BAXTER. Directors.
WOODBURY. S. DANA)
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Hearst, who in the brief period he served
as Senator from California succeeded in
making himself the laughing stock of the
country, is a candidate for reelection. He
is not popular with good many Of the DEM
ocratic members of the Legislature, and his
enemies are trying to form combination
with the Republicans and elect Gov. Walker,
who Is Democrat. but vastly superior to
Hearst in all the qualities needed in a United
States Senator. Hearst is very rich, but in
clined to be stingy, and there is room for
suspicion that this may be only a schsme
concocted by impecunious Democratic legis-
lators to brighten him into shelling out more
literally
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STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF CUABERLAND,s IS.
/, William H. Soule, Cashier Of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is true TO the best of my knowledge and belief.
WILLIAM H. SOULE, Cashier.
subscribed and sworn TO before me this 18th day
OF January 1887.
oRRIN S. FoGG, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
III. N. JOSE,
ID. w. TRUE. Directors
JOHN c. TUKESBURY,